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Doughnut-Shaped Universe Back In the Race
SpaceAdmiral writes "The once-popular idea that the universe could be small and finite is making a comeback. Many researchers thought that a 'wraparound' universe would mean that distant objects would be seen multiple times in the sky, but new research suggests that a '3-torus' (or 'doughnut universe'), as well as other shapes, could fit our actual observations, particularly the WMAP data."
Yeah, because 100% of nerds (the target audience of slashdot) are in college. I like how your moronic prejudice rules out anyone who is a) still in high school b) out of college It's not like it's unusual to be so long out of college that one's entire peer group is also out of college. In fact, this typically happens with a few years of graduating. Which leaves an entire decade of nerd-life before one would have free access to journals, and five or six decades of nerd-life after the period in which one would have free access to journals. Are you really so enormously stupid that you believe that all Slashdot readers are in college or have just recently graduated? Or are hanging out with college students right now when they want to read the article? I hate to toss around insults, but that's really some circus-grade idiocy. I mean, WOW.
Haha, I can't believe this kooky bullshit got modded up. Note to mods: the link is to a crackpot site where the author, who is not a physicist or a mathematician, provides "proofs" showing Einstein was wrong, modern physics is wrong, etc.
And what if they are? The last I heard, neither Einstein nor modern physics is infallible. What's with the chicken shit personality cult, eh? Besides, there is nothing like a little ad hominem to cast doubt on an argument in the minds of idiots. The fact is that continuity does lead to an infinite regress, something that even children can grasp. So why does the physics community insist on perpetuating this crackpottery? The only reason that I can think of is psychological and political. It is easier to kiss ass and safeguard one's career than it is to bravely step up to plate and tell the emperor that he's buck naked and stupid.